Red Mountain
Red Mountain rises to 499 m in Connecticut. Mohawk Mountain stands 513 m to the south, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Mountain Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 210140).
Wikidata Q31808505, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 499 m
How to reach it
- 29.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Named places within 25 miles
- Bartholomew Hill: 0.7 mi
- Quarry Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mohawk Mountain: 1.8 mi
- The Pinnacle: 2.0 mi
- Sedgwick Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Goshen Historic District: 3.6 mi
- Ivy Mountain State Park: 3.8 mi
- Housatonic Meadows State Park: 4.5 mi
- Dean's Ravine: 5.8 mi
- Town Green: 7.7 mi
- Red Mountain Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Boyum Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Evans Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Robinson Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Town Open Space (Flora Road): 1.7 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 2.0 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 3.6 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 8.3 mi
- Litchfield Historical Society - Noyes Memorial Building: 8.7 mi
- Torrington Historical Society: 9.3 mi
- Marshepaug Falls: 2.4 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 4.3 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 5.0 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 5.7 mi
- Pothole Falls: 5.8 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 6.2 mi
- Lime Kiln: 10.9 mi
- Alain C. White and May W. White: 11.1 mi
- World War I Memorial: 11.2 mi
- Folly: 11.2 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 7.7 mi
- Peter's Forge: 9.1 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 9.2 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 9.5 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 10.4 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 9.7 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 12.3 mi
- Grand Staircase: 13.2 mi
- Pine Ledge: 13.6 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 16.8 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 10.0 mi
- Judea Garden: 11.6 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 21.8 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 23.5 mi
- Melanie Rieger Victims of Violent Crimes Memorial Garden: 23.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 10.6 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 11.6 mi
- Holland Beach: 11.7 mi
- Waterfront: 19.6 mi
- Boating Side: 19.6 mi
- Jean Widmark: 19.2 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 23.5 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 23.9 mi
- Ben Franklin: 23.9 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 24.0 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 12.0 mi
- Hermit spring: 12.5 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 15.8 mi
- Big Spring: 16.6 mi
- Dudley Town: 4.2 mi
- Questing: 19.1 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 19.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 19.6 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 16.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohawk Mountain | S 189° | 513 m | 1.8 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | ENE 64° | 504 m | 3.9 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SSW 202° | 502 m | 2.0 mi |
| The Matterhorn | NNE 15° | 498 m | 7.0 mi |
| Sedgwick Mountain | NNE 22° | 495 m | 2.0 mi |
| Brass Mountain | ENE 72° | 491 m | 3.0 mi |
| Bartholomew Hill | E 82° | 484 m | 0.7 mi |
| Howe Mountain | N 354° | 473 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359268047
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